There are many Americans jeopardizing their health by purchasing drugs overseas. Many uninformed Americans assume that buying their medications overseas is safe. The idea of saving time and money is euphoric. Who doesn’t need more time and money?
Before you purchase outside the United States consider the following:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration can not guarantee the safety or effectiveness of medications not approved for sale in the U.S. Even U.S. approved medications can be counterfeit and contain addictive and dangerous substances.
Many foreign medications are marketed under the identical or similar name of those made here in U.S. but have different active ingredients. If the active ingredients are different then the treatment will be different. For example:
Brand Name Drug: Norpramin
Country: United States Spain
Active Ingredients: desipramine omeprazole
Treatment: depression stomach ulcers
Can you see how this is dangerous?
Should you choose to purchase medications overseas despite the warning of the dangers, how you will manage to read the side effects and dosage if the label is in a foreign language?
Do the benefits outweigh the risk?
Sources:
http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Testimony/ucm114800.htm
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